Decisive Action: The Door To Success

If you are seeking further life expression, abundance, better health, more free time or wealth and prosperity, you must act. This life success strategy of taking decisive action is used by those people who have mastered their results.When you put off taking action, you put off a better future, you put off the manifestion of new results in your life. When you procrastinate on moving forward in an empowered way, you only set yourself backwards, as the universe is always seeking further life and expression, the universe is always advancing. When you do not advance, you are not working in harmony with the Universal laws.

Decisive action, that is what is going to make the difference for you in moving from your current circumstances, environment and results, to the life and new results that you dream of.Those that do break through and take decisive actions when they are presented with the right opportunity are the ones that manifest quickly, effortlessly and joyously. They have developed a higher level of awareness, an instinct, they are intune to how the universe works, they follow their inner guidance system, they are intuned to their emotions and are confident in the direction they are going. They endeavor to live.

They carefully evaluate all opportunities and realize that success happens with opportunity meets readiness.When they have found an opportunity that matches their intentions, they act decisively, quickly and efficiently, with a sense of empowerment. They say "yes" to the universe and move confidently. There is no indecision, no hesitation. They jump at the chance to begin working on and advancing their freedom.If you are ready to change your results and endeavor to live, you must act decisively when the right opportunity shows up in your life, know that it is there because you attracted it!Memorize this incredible quote below by Thoreau, place a copy on your mirror, fridge or computer so that you look at it often.

"If a person advances confidently in the direction of their dream, and endeavors to live the life they have imagined, they will meet with success unexpected in common hours."-Thoreau

Law of Vibration: Second Universal Law

The Law of Vibration & Resonance:
This Universal Law states that everything in the Universe vibrates, it moves and travels in patterns, nothing rests. Everything that exists in our universe, whether seen or unseen, broken down into and analyzed in it's purest and most basic form, consists of pure energy or light which resonates and exists as a vibratory frequency or pattern.

The same principles of vibration in the physical world apply to our thoughts, feelings, desires, and feelings. In fact the conscious awareness of vibration is manifest in what we call feelings. When your thoughts are vibrating in a high vibration, you feel good, when your thoughts are vibrating at a low vibration, you feel bad. You know when you are feeling the flow of the Divine Power going through you when you feel excited, passionate, loving, caring, inspired, which literally means “in-spirit” and creative. On the other hand, lower vibration feels result in anger, frustration, envy, grief, sadness, depression.

Every thought, every idea, every light wave, every sound wave, every thing has its own vibrational frequency, unique unto itself. Realize that it is our thoughts that control our paradigms and what we attract to us, therefore it is our thought vibrations that bring about our results.

The Law of Resonance is the Universal Law which determines the various vibratory patterns or frequencies. When vibrations are in harmony, they resonate and become more powerful Love is said to be resonance, meaning when two people meet and connect and are on the same thought/feeling vibration, they can feel that energy; that is resonance; that is power. It is this Law of Resonance that actually activates the Law of Attraction. It is this Law that ensures that a particular projected energy (thought, feeling, belief or action) can only harmonize with energies that vibrate or resonate at a similar harmonious vibratory frequency; this in turn is what determine and create your physical results.

Living in harmony with the Law of Vibration and Resonance requires that you become consciously aware of your thoughts and feelings and when you are not feeling good, recognize that your thoughts are vibrating at a relatively low vibration and that you need to think of something that will make you feel good.

“Things are not happening to you. Things are happening because of you.” -Anonymous

What is Your Level of Awareness????

I have recently come across some interesting findings on success. I used to think extremely successful people had some sort of “success gene”, that they were born with some innate know-how on how to achieve great things. However, with a lot of reading and studying I have come across some principles of success and have come to realize that these people, these extremely successful people are not born with this knowledge, they acquire it! This means that success and the science of creating success is something that we can all learn, study and master. The study of success is a science, it has predictable outcomes. What you put in to it comes out in the tail end.


Here are some interesting definitions of success:

“Success is not just being important, it is being significant.” –author unknown

“Success in life is becoming what you truly want to be”. – Wallace D. Wattles

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” -Earl Nightingale


So how does one learn to become successful and achieve the results their desire? They learn and study the science of success; they learn and study the habits of successful people. In most cases this practice involves raising your awareness, habituating the practice of goal setting and planning and learning to focus on the present.

Did you know that it has been said that most individuals only spend 1% of their life focusing in the present? Most people do not focus on their current tasks and activities. They are thinking about their past; the fight they had last night with their significant other, the children’s soccer game after work, the weekend plans, etc. They do not allow and demand of themselves to actually fully be and act in the present. Did you know that it has been said that only 2% of the population actually thinks creatively? In addition, 3% of individuals think that they think, and 95% of the population would rather die than think? Since thought has been linked to results and understanding that mental activity does not constitute as thinking, this means only a small percentage of the population really understand and uses the power of creative thinking to fast forward to their goals and realize their ideals. These are the people that are extremely successful, they choose their results.

So how does one become more aware and learn how to work at their full potential and realize their goals? They progress through the seven levels of awareness. These levels are as follows:

Our first level of awareness is our animal awareness, this level is innate, we are aware of ourselves and others, we are aware of the needs to sustain life.

The second level of awareness is the mass level. This is where an individual's awareness remains quite limited. Their decisions are based upon what everyone else is doing, they do not think for themselves. They conform, they follow the masses. The majority of people, more than half are at this level and stay at this level their entire life time. These individual do not use creative thought. Most of them are not happy with their current results. The third level of awareness is aspiration. This is where an individual becomes aware of deep feelings and desires that may be different than that of what everyone else is doing and they start to explore these feelings, desires and thoughts. They are wanting more, they want further growth and development professionally and personally, they aspire to be more. This is when they want to break away from the masses and become an individual. This is when we aspire to learn more, to become better people, to serve our family, friend and community better.

The fourth level of awareness is the individual level or stage. This is where a person uses creative thought to create their own identity statement; this is the who, what and the why, their ultimate purpose in life, their own personal “because”. This is the level where they figure out their passion, their goals, their dreams and their plans, and this purpose is unique to that individual. These are the individual reasons and purposes that drive us.

A fair percentage of individuals make it to these 3rd and 4th levels, unfortunately for many, limiting beliefs, poor self esteem, lack of confidence, feelings of doubt or other negative emotions keep many people here and they are unable to break free to the next levels of awareness. These individuals who remain in these levels never really quite get the results they desire or reach their goals efficiently or timely.

The next level of awareness is discipline. This is where an individual becomes aware of how to use thought, goals, planning, and desire to manifest the outcomes and results they want. Those with discipline to stay on course, steadfast towards their goals, no matter what is happening around them or what other people (the masses) are saying to or about them, those that learn, study, practice and habituate the science of success and wealth reach this level. Many drop out here and fail to progress beyond this point due to lack of discipline, or give up too soon before their results manifest, often times just before they reach their goals. Those that move on to the next level of awareness practice these habits of success are rewarded.

Stop a moment and take an opportunity to think about why we want to aspire for more, it is to better serve others and to live a fuller life. Those individuals who have a strong desire to do things better move forward through the various levels of awareness. The 6th level of awareness is experience. Through the study and habituation of the skills and knowledge of how to become successful and wealthy, and through steadfast discipline, one will begin to see how the process works. When they see the results they desire manifest, they will become stronger in how they practice and do more of the same. When they do not see the results they desire, they will change what they are doing, practice with discipline until they see the results they desire.

The 7th level of awareness is becoming a mastermind. Only a very small percentage of the population reaches this point. These individuals have learned the science of success, they understand how the science and process works, they have fine tuned their practices and habits based on their experience and are extremely effective at attracting success, resources, people and even wealth. They are very effective and efficient in reaching their goals, receiving their desires and manifesting the results that they want. They choose their results.

Think of the capacity of helping others, serving others better and achieving your desires, when you can choose your results. Think of the positive impact you can have on your life and other peoples' lives when you are a mastermind. Every one of us reading this article has the mental facilities and capacity to become a mastermind.

Changing the personal effects and your patterns of success at work is more important than you might think. The cost of negativity in the workplace is around $3 billion annually, according to an estimate by the U.S. Department of Labor. Not only are negative work environments costly for your company -- they're also taxing on your health and quality of life.

Finally--How the Law of Attraction Really Works: Here is the Real Secret

"Regardless of your particular spiritual or religious background, for most of us it is undeniable common sense that somehow, in some way, everything is connected with everything else - that there is a powerful source in the Universe from which everything flows. Your key to manifesting your desires in your life is learning how to effectively connect to and harness this incredible power and put it to work for you.

Everything in the Universe is composed of Energy of one form or another, including your thoughts. According to the discoveries in Quantum Physics, all forms of matter and energy are attracted to that which is of a like vibration. As it applies to the Law of Attraction, you attract what you put your energy and focus on, consciously or unconsciously - whether wanted or unwanted. As you'll learn, it's a bit more involved than that - but that's the basic idea.

"Within each life lies the cause of whatever enters it."-- F.W. Sears, How to Attract Success, 1914

You see, it's been scientifically proven that thoughts are energy. They can actually be measured. I'm sure you've seen pictures of people with all of those electrodes hooked up to their heads.
Because everything in the Universe iis composed of energy, and is therefore connected, each thought that you have has a direct effect on your physical reality. You may find this concept hard to accept at first, especially if it is new to you. Most of us go through our lives feeling as if we are at the mercy of external events – we believe that things ‘happen to us.’ We find ourselves in situations not of our own choosing, people treat us unfairly, or life itself treats us unfairly. But what I have come to believe, to know really, is that things don’t just happen to us - WE ATTRACT THEM.

Virtually every event and every aspect of our lives, whether we consider it good or bad, is exactly what we have (either consciously or unconsciously) directed the Universe to bring into our lives. What ‘happens’ to us is the direct result of and the manifestation of what we focus on.
The problem is, for most of us, we are continually using The Law of Attraction to bring into our lives more of the things we don't want, instead of the things we do want. This is because most people do not understand how to effectively and correctly harness this powerful force.

For example, say you really want to get out of debt. You may spend your time dwelling on how large your bills are, how much money you owe - you may even think to yourself, "I am going to get out of debt," or say a prayer asking God to help you find a way to pay off your bills.

The problem with this is that you are still focused on your 'lack' of what you really want. You are focused on your debt - on your pile of bills. What the Law of Attraction does in this case is simply deliver to you or perpetuate more of what you are focusing on - debt and bills. The key is to learn specific techniqes to change your focus to what you really DO want, not what you don't want. It can be a difficult task, changing your thinking. But I have devised a step-by-step system that teaches you EXACTLY how to do this with ease!

The Law of Attraction is perhaps one of the most difficult life principles to accept, because by doing so you are accepting that you are truly in control of your life – that where you are right now, your life experience, is the direct result of your own thoughts and actions. You are accepting full responsibility for your life.

It’s not your parents’ fault, it’s not “luck” and it’s not “fate.” We each make a choice at every moment of every day what we will attract or allow into our lives. Where you are right now is not necessarily good or bad - it just is. The Universe doesn’t have an opinion on what you choose to draw into your life. It simply delivers to you what you consciously or unconsciously focus on with strong emotion and intense belief - ALWAYS, EVERY TIME.

"Spirit is substance which forms itself according to your demands, and must have a pattern from which to work. A pan of dough is as willing to be formed into bread as biscuit. It makes little difference to Spirit what we demand."- Frances Larimer Warner,Our Invisible Supply: Part One, 1907

The exciting thing is that once you learn how to do this - how to use The Law of Attraction effectively in your life - your life will change DRAMATICALLY and INSTANTLY"

Excerpt from the 6-Week Life Makeover Program, it is terrific! Read more: 6-Week Life Make Over Program

Life Is A Journey: You Must Set Goals!

Goal Setting
A journey requires goals. Think about it, what do you really want? If you do not know, how can you receive it? Once you identify what you really want, write it down and if you have it already; fantastic! If you do not have what you really want, then establish it as a goal. Choose what you really want to be your experience.
“To choose is also to begin.”
-Starhawk



Goal Setting Exercise:
Take a few minutes to reflect on what exactly you wish to do, each day, each week, month and year. Now, take those thoughts and list 3-5 goals. Here are some examples of some goals:

1) I wish to spend more time with my family.
2) I wish to exercise.
3) I wish to work and have a successful career.
4) I wish to find love.
5) I wish to have more money.

Go back and revise your goals and be as detailed, objective and finite as possible. List your goal and then describe it as you imagine it would feel like if you were doing it or having it at this present moment.

1) I wish to spend 3 hours a day, one on one time with my family, playing, laughing and having fun together at the park.

2) I wish to exercise for 30-60 minutes 3-5 times a week, including walking, bicycle riding, weight lifting and swimming.

3) I wish to work in an environment that allows me to strive, not just survive, I wish to be successful and promoted to manager within the year.

4) I wish to meet my soul mate and be involved in a loving, caring, sharing and passionate relationship with this person and partner.

5) I wish to make “$ XX” dollars a year.

Now, go back and review your list again, read it out loud, how does the list make you feel? Do you feel good and happy when you read it and imagine yourself doing it or having those things right now? Good, that means you have identified good goals for you at this time. If you feel anxious or uneasy about your list, then go back and re-write the goals over and over until you do feel good. You should perform this exercise again, once you meet these goals and establish more goals. Once you get the hang of this creative process you will see your life unfold in front of you.

Excerpt from "Acquired Hope" book, more references and free resources on Acquired Hope website

10 Secrets to Becoming a Powerful Co-Creator

Did you know that you are far more powerful than you realize? You are co-creating your life, your success, your relationships, your failures.

You are co-creating everything in your life. Once you fully understand and accept this, you can use this knowledge to work for you and not against you. The Universe is a mirror, it produces an image of you, your thoughts and your actions. Becoming aware of this power is the secret to manifesting your dreams, ideal relationships, spiritual growth, optimal health and prosperity.

You have infinite potential, infinite opportunities. You can do anything you set your mind to, if you are willing to focus, practice discipline and work on your skill of being a powerful co-creator.

"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The game of life is the game of boomerangs. our thoughts, deeds and word return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy."
-Florence Shinn

Here are 10 Secrets to Becoming a Powerful Co-Creator:

1) Believe that you have the ability to change your life.

2) Understand that the universe is held in place by a Higher, Divine Intelligence, this intelligence is every where, at all times in equal amounts. Every single cell in your body is connected to this universal intelligence.

3) Thoughts affect your body and preceed your results. This is why attitude is so important, if you have a positive thought energy, you will produce positive actions and therefore positive results in your life.

4) You have the ability to choose your own thoughts. If a message on tv, the radio or a friend is not in harmony with your goals and dreams, you have the ability to reject that thought. Choose and accept only thoughts that are in harmony with you and your purpose.

5) Stay on purpose. When you are on purpose, and your purpose is in harmony with universal laws, you become so powerful, as the universe will bring everything you require to acheive those goals. This is masterful co-creating!

6) Learn, master and live by the universal laws. You can only succeed if you do. Then things become effortless and flow to you. That is where the magic is.

7) Focus on giving without want, serving others and the universe. Your purpose should serve the greater good.

8) Release negative thought patterns. This may involve techniques of reconditioning. Work at this!

9) Practice techniques of effective actions, write your goals out, state positive affirmations, add emotion to your goals, use a vision board, meditate, make a list, use visualization techniques.

10) Live in the light, light always overcomes darkness. When you live in the light, the positive side, the higher vibration, the way of the inspired, joyful and blissful, you become powerful beyond measure.

"What the mind of man can concieve, and believe, the mind of man can achieve."
-Napolean Hill

Personal Assessment and Development Tools

Personal development does not have to mean becoming rich and famous and living in Hollywood. Personaly development can occur in much less obvious or dramatic changes and can be equally as significant and rewarding. Personal development may mean you start to speak to your community, you write that book you have always wanted to write or you become a mentor to someone else.

Whatever you decide to do next in your spiritual, emotional and intellictual unfoldment, focus on how you can give your life away, how you can serve and give others. I read once that a day was not complete until you gave away something that was not returnable. Focus on that, give without want, give constantly and everything you need or need to discover for yourself will come to you.

Many people are not certain what their life purpose is, or what to do next. I want to share some tools and resources to help you move quickly down your path. Remember, when you stay on purpose, you never get too far off your path!

1) Take a Self Assessment Test.
There are several available to you. A self assessment test will ensure you develop a plan or life purpose that is catered towards you and your personality. These tools will help you identify your strengths, your weaknesses, your preferences and your ways of thinking. They can be fun, enlightening and informative. Some assessments are free and can give you a glimpse into your current path, situation, goals, desires and purpose.

Here are the popular ones with their website link:
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Strengths Finder

The self assessment tests do not require any fancy tools, just some time and patience and willingness to be open minded when you read the results.


2) Discover Your Personal Goals:
This is your why and what. Why you get out of bed in the morning and what you feel most passionate about. This is unfolding your life purpose. There are great tools available to help you do this. Here is one I recommend:

Discover Life Purpose

Create your life mission, start with a mission statement, this will guide you on your path to personal fulfillment and purpose. Whenever you are acting in accordance with your life purpose or life mission statement you are in a creative and attractive vibrational state. This is how you attract all that you need to accomplish your tasks. Everything you need will show up for you, if you stay on purpose, that is your own unique life purpose.

Here are a few suggestions about your mission statement:
Be passionate, seek feedback, write it, be yourself, follow your bliss.


3) Next Create a Development Plan:
Now create a development plan. You set the goals and the timelines. Then act and focus on your goals and plan. A development plan should include short and long term goals. Life is a marathon, your life purpose should continue and expand as you unfold. Sometimes the goals may not all be clear, but they will come to you as you stay on purpose.

Short term goals are often more effective and attainable. Long term goals are your long term visions. Your plan should also include action steps, outcomes and a plan for analysis. You will want to see if you are meeting your goals or revise your goals and timelines accordingly.

Own your plan. Write it out, post it where you can see it daily and create affirmations to keep you on track with your plan.

4) Find a Mentor:
I have posted several articles on this blog archive on the benefits of having a mentor. You will reach your goals faster and more efficiently with a mentor.Mentoring is a close, personal relationship that differs from supervision. Finding a mentor means seeking development and input from someone you respect and feels has experience or expertise in what you are pursuing. Mentors can be friends, bosses, family, authors, ministers etc. We meet mentors every day! Just open your eyes to them!

Life Success Strategy: Take Decisive Action

If you are seeking further life expression, abundance, better health, more free time or wealth and prosperity, you must act. This life success strategy of taking decisive action is used by those people who have mastered their results.

When you put off taking action, you put off a better future, you put off the manifestion of new results in your life. When you procrastinate on moving forward in an empowered way, you only set yourself backwards, as the universe is always seeking further life and expression, the universe is always advancing. When you do not advance, you are not working in harmony with the Universal laws.

Decisive action, that is what is going to make the difference for you in moving from your current circumstances, environment and results, to the life and new results that you dream of.

Those that do break through and take decisive actions when they are presented with the right opportunity are the ones that manifest quickly, effortlessly and joyously. They have developed a higher level of awareness, an instinct, they are intune to how the universe works, they follow their inner guidance system, they are intuned to their emotions and are confident in the direction they are going. They endeavor to live. They carefully evaluate all opportunities and realize that success happens with opportunity meets readiness.

When they have found an opportunity that matches their intentions, they act decisively, quickly and efficiently, with a sense of empowerment. They say "yes" to the universe and move confidently. There is no indecision, no hesitation. They jump at the chance to begin working on and advancing their freedom.

If you are ready to change your results and endeavor to live, you must act decisively when the right opportunity shows up in your life, know that it is there because you attracted it!

Memorize this incredible quote below by Thoreau, place a copy on your mirror, fridge or computer so that you look at it often.

"If a person advances confidently in the direction of their dream, and endeavors to live the life they have imagined, they will meet with success unexpected in common hours."

-Thoreau

Strategy For Creating Your Dream Life

Dream of Escape from the rat race!!!

If you want to live with fuller life expression and lead a truly fulfilling life, you must have a powerful all consuming dream that drives you forward.

"If you don't have bold, daring and imaginative dreams then you're just not being realistic".
-Randy Gage

The reason why so many people are stuck in a slump or in ordinary lives, is that they simply have given up on their dreams in life, or even worse, they do not believe that they deserve a greater life or that they can actually have a better life. If you want to live fully, you must get back in touch with your dreams.

At one point, you had dreams, what are your dreams? What are your goals? What is your life purpose? If you need help finding your dreams, create a list of all the things you love to do, and all the things you do not like to do. This will help guide you to your life purpose.

Get excited about your dreams and your life purpose. When you are on purpose, you are unstoppable. You will attract everything that you need in order to make your dreams come true. When you believe this, you will develop an internal drive to take action, to follow your instinct and to remain focused. Expand your dreams even further and you will become unstoppable when obstacles get in your way. Develop an internal "knowing" that everything you need will appear, that no obstacle is too great to overcome, learn to pay attention to and live in harmony with the Universal Laws.

Success in life starts with a dream! Rememer the BE, DO, HAVE Rule (this is explained in depth in my Acquired Hope book) The secret is, you must BE what you dream of, then DO as you would if you already had your dream, this is the same as act as if it is true, or acting from the end, and then you will HAVE what you dream of. It is backwards from the way we were conditioned to think as we grew up. In our lives we were conditioned to believe it when we see it, ie we must HAVE it, before we can DO it and then BE it. The universe actually works in reverse order. When you get into harmony with how the Universe really works, you become a powerful attractor, able to manifest anything you dream of or desire.

Your Destiny: 87% of the Population Never Finds It!

Figuring out your destiny and life purpose is a responsibility that each and everyone of us has. I read recently that 87% of the population go through their entire life without achieving higher than ordinary levels of awareness and finding their life purpose and passions. They never learn that life is about endeavoring to live to the fullest.

Here is a 13th Century poem that I think is beautiful:

You were born with potential.
You were born with goodness and trust.
You were born with ideals and dreams.
You were born with greatness.
You were born with wings.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't.
You have wings.
Learn to use them and fly!

-Rumi


There are a few key concepts that can help you realize your dreams, destination and life purpose. It is not so much what you are doing, but how you are doing it and how you are living.

Always know that anything is possible, choose to live on the side of infinite possiblity, hold a sense of the possible in your mind and in all that you do. When you do, things will come to you to allow you to overcome any and all challenges.

Know that your purpose will only be found in the service to others. Learn to give without want. Give without expectations and always create new ways to serve others better. Want for others what you want for yourself, and your wish will be granted. Make it your nature to be generous. The more you give of yourself, no matter how big or little, the more opportunities you open up to you. Give your money or your time or your knowledge or your smile or your help.... look at this poem by Swami Sivananda on the best thing to give:

The best thing to give:
Your enemy is forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To your child, a good example.
To your father, deference.
To your mother, conduct that will make her proud.
To yourself, respect.
To all men, charity.

Live and do your life purpose with passion, inspiration and a sense of joy. All of these positive emotions will raise your energy and vibration allowing more good to be attracted to you. Did you know that the word "enthusiasm" is greek and means "God within". Did you know that the word "inspired" comes from the root words "in - spirit" which also refers to "God within". When you feel a desire, that is actually a power within you seeking fuller expression or higher level of performance, that is what makes you feel inspired and enthusiastic. It becomes a deep sense of knowing that which you were meant to do and be. That is being inspired. That is enthusiam.

Finally, live with a sense of belonging. Know that you are connected to everything and everyone. When you raise the energy and vibration of others, you raise the vibration of the collective whole. Here is another poem by Sivananda:

All life is one. The world is one home.
All creation is an organic whole.
No man is independent of this whole.
Man makes himself miserable by separating
Himself from others. Separation is death.
Unity is eternal life.

Finally, from the William Blake poem: "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite."

Remember that life is infinite in resources and opportunities and that you are already connected to them all!

For additional reading on this topic, may I suggest: Success-InnerPeace and DiscoverLifePurpose.